Zhao Shuning didn't return to the Xie family mansion tonight.
As a result, the members of the Xie family were in an uproar.
The most worried one was Zhao Xiangxiang in red.
Watching the young girl pacing back and forth in front of him, Xie Yu felt dizzy. His good mood was also a bit affected.
"Xiangxiang, could you please stop pacing around? You're making me dizzy."
Zhao Xiangxiang stopped in her tracks.
Then she said, "Xie Yu, I'm worried about Zhao Shuning."
"Why are you worried about the boss? She's much more capable than I am. You're just being over - worried."
Xie An stood aside without saying a word.
Suddenly, Xie An walked up to Xie Yuan and knelt down on the ground all of a sudden.
Xie Yu was stunned, and the people of the Xie family were also shocked.
"Xiao An, what are you doing?"
"Xie An, if you have something to say, just say it. Kneeling down like this will give us a scare."
Xie Yuan glanced at Xie Yu, and Xie Yu shrank back and stopped talking.
"Uncle Xie, I want to ask you a question. Please don't hide it from me."
"What question?"
"About the senior in the Elegant Pavilion."
Xie Yuan helped Xie An up and said, "Xiao An, it's not that Uncle Xie doesn't want to tell you. You should know that a big shot like him shouldn't be associated with us. If I tell you, what kind of treatment our Xie family will suffer is unknown."
"Uncle Xie, I just want to know if Zhao Shuning will be in trouble when she goes to him."
Xie Yuan sighed.
"I don't know, but the senior in the Elegant Pavilion is not a bad person."
Xie Yu also stepped forward and patted Xie An on the shoulder, saying, "You don't need to worry too much about Zhao Shuning. I know her abilities best. But to be honest, I'm also curious. How come the boss never mentioned such a powerful backer to us before?"
"Xie Yu, shut up."
Seeing his father's angry look, Xie Yu covered his mouth and took several steps back on his own initiative.
He wasn't wrong though. Look at the boss. Did she look like someone who would suffer losses?
After Xie An was helped up, he walked out of the door.
Xie Yu wanted to chase after him to see what would happen to Xie An, but was stopped by Xie Yuan.
"Let him be alone for a while."
"Father, let me go talk to him. Maybe he'll feel better."
Xie Yuan gave him a sharp look, and Xie Yu retracted his head. "I won't go then. Why be so fierce?"
After Viper (Xie An) walked out of the Xie family mansion, he rode on Zhuyan and galloped along the main road until he stopped halfway up the mountain.
At this moment, his eyes were blood - red.
He staggered and fell to the ground.
Actually, he didn't know why he was behaving so out of control.
Zhao Shuning was the former leader of the Shuiyunsheng. He took over the Shuiyunsheng to fulfill the words of the senior. He had promised the senior that he would help the weak.
But today, for his own sake, he actually let Zhao Shuning step forward.
Counting it up, Zhao Shuning could be considered his junior sister.
Doing this was really not chivalrous of him.
The senior who appeared later didn't seem like a bad person, but in this world, there were so many cases where you could know a person's face but not their heart. How could you generalize?
If something happened to Zhao Shuning, he would have wasted the senior's entrustment.
Viper clenched the wooden token in his hand and blamed himself again and again in his heart.
In the end, he was just being selfish.
"Senior, did I do something wrong?"
But I don't want to die so soon. I still have more important things to do.
"Xie An, why are you so upset?"
Somehow, Xie Yu suddenly appeared behind Xie An. His sudden voice really gave Viper a scare.
"How did you get here?"
Xie Yu pointed at Zhuyan beside them.
"Zhuyan? Right, Zhao Shuning gave this monster to you today."
Viper's expression didn't improve much because of Xie Yu's arrival.
"Xie An, Father said you needed to be alone, but I think you still need someone to accompany you."
Saying this, Xie Yu sighed meaningfully and was about to put his hand on Xie An's shoulder.
Viper hadn't forgotten the thing that Xie Yu had publicly said he liked him before.
He could only avoid Xie Yu's approaching.
"Xie An, look at you. Why are you so cautious? We're brothers. Have you forgotten what I said to you on the arena that time?"
Xie Yu was referring to the time when he promised Xie An that he would treat him like a younger brother from then on.
But obviously, Xie An's memory was on a different level from Xie Yu's, and the things they remembered were different.
Viper thought to himself that it was exactly because he didn't forget that he didn't dare to let Xie Yu get close.
Under the night sky, Xie Yu and Xie An sat side by side on the rock. But because of Viper's strong request, there was a distance of two meters between them.
"Xie An, I think your feelings for the boss are a bit special, aren't they?"
Viper said, "What's so special about it? I just feel a bit indebted to her, so I'm just feeling restless now."
Xie An's expression was rarely calm, and his tone didn't fluctuate much when he said this.
Xie Yu looked at his two legs hanging in the air and said leisurely, "Do you know why I disliked you so much before?"
"Because my arrival took Uncle Xie's attention away from you?"
Xie Yu shook his head.
"Do you still remember when you first came to my house? You were very shy and introverted at that time. I talked a lot and always talked to you, but you didn't really pay much attention to me. I'm a person with a proud and stubborn temper. I thought you didn't like to play with me, so I started to let the people in the mansion isolate you."
Viper didn't remember this.
Because he was brought back to the mansion by Uncle Xie after being found to have the constitution of an elixir master and good talent. Before coming to the Xie family, his parents repeatedly told him that he mustn't say the wrong thing after arriving at the Xie family and it would be best not to say anything at all.
So on the first day he came here, Xie An didn't dare to talk to anyone. In his little heart, he just felt that he was living under someone else's roof and couldn't be as carefree as a child of the Xie family.
He never thought that on the day he arrived, Xie Yu had actually been kind to him.
"Xie An, I wasn't very sensible at that time. Please don't take it to heart, okay?"
Viper looked into the distance and replied, "Okay. I'm sorry."
"Sorry? Why are you saying sorry?"
When Xie Yu wanted to ask further, Xie An didn't answer anymore.
After a long time, Xie Yu could only change the question: "You always treat the people around you in such a cold way. I'm starting to suspect that you're just a statue walking in this world without any feelings. I'm really curious about what kind of person or thing can make you a bit nervous."
Viper said, "No one really cares about my joys, sorrows, anger, and pleasures." Except for her.
"Do you have someone you care about?"
Xie Yu didn't expect Xie An to answer this question.
But he was wrong.
Because Xie An's expression softened when he asked this question, and then he said, "She is a person who can only exist in memories."
Someone who could only be admired from afar and not be profaned.